July 19th Trivia

1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged but very costly.

1553 – Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after only nine days on the throne.

1903 – Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.

1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.